Oxygen supply disruption kills 22 COVID-19 patients in India

NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials say 22 COVID-19 patients on ventilators have died in a hospital in western India when their oxygen supply was interrupted by a leak in a supply line. They say the supply of oxygen has since resumed to other patients. A fire officer says the leak was stopped within 15 minutes in the Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik, a city in Maharashtra state that is the worst hit by the latest surge in coronavirus cases in the country. Television images showed white fumes spreading in the hospital area, causing panic. Five of the 140 COVID-19 patients were shifted to another hospital.